The library designers and artists: the books worth reading
Books / / December 19, 2019
Where to look for inspiration when the muse has decided to take another unplanned day off? This question is very often visited by independent artists and designers painstakingly workers. To save you from the agony of creative crisis, we decided to prepare a selection of books, which will take pride of place in your library. From them you will learn about the experience of professionals and find inspiring examples.
All books, trapped in the selection, the authors Layfhakera read themselves and actively shared their impressions in the form of reviews, which you can read by clicking on the title of the book.
The book is an experiment graduate designer and illustrator Natalie Rutkowski. Natalie decided to prove that the wait inspiration is as useless as the wait for the sea weather, and therefore need not only to clap eyes, and do business.
The experiment is called "365": Each day, the author of the book "Draw every day," decided to create one small picture. In addition to this unusual and difficult experiment, the book is interesting and tips that Natalie is divided with creative people.
"Johnny Ive," Linder Kani - a man who changed the way we work, play, and communicate with each other
Everyone, even the most talented, very rarely gets everything on a silver platter. The road to success is never easy, and every man, succeeded in their professional activities, went long and hard for it. From this book you will learn about the life and work of legendary designer Jony Ive. And in his review of the book you will find more and cool infographics.
Another book Natalie Rutkowski. This time, the author shares his experience creating their own artbook. Make a creative notebook will be useful and interesting to both budding artists and professional designers who are tired of "creative custom" and want to do for the soul.
From the book you will learn about the different kinds of art beech and can choose the one that suits you.
Bit pereinachit famous saying, we can say that a true artist - an artist in everything. Why conduct repetitive text notes when they can be replaced with visual, cool and comfortable sketches? Remember that you can not express in words, you can draw. In his book, Mike Rowdy share a variety of techniques and methods for creating sketches. By the way, the book itself - it is one big sketch.
Let's be honest: the designers often need not only to draw cute little animals, but also to create graphs and charts to serious presentations. Sometimes the presentations are so tight that the visual content - the only way to diversify and not to give the audience go crazy with boredom.
Book of Nathan Yau can wade from cover to cover, and can be used as a textbook and apply only to those sections that will help solve the current visual tasks.
Dan RoemVisual thinking means taking advantage of the natural human ability to see - not only through the eye, but also mentally, which allows to discover ideas that otherwise would have remained unnoticed; quickly and intuitively develop them and then communicate to other people in a way that others quickly understood and accepted them - that is to popularize.
The book will be useful not only to designers and artists who want to develop their visual thinking, but also managers and managers of organizations - they learn to visualize problems and solutions, thus making them more understandable to their colleagues.
A book that is worth reading every web designer. Then the web designer should give the boss read this book, sales managers, specialists in public relations - one In short, all the people in the company that are not directly related to the design work, but try to understand what they want "all these designers. "
Jan Frank, a well-known artist and designer, in his book shares tips to help creative people to organize their work.
Jan FrankI am thinking about everything I have come to the conclusion that chaos does not contain anything comfortable and inspiring, and has nothing to do with freedom.
Recommended reading all of whose creative chaos in everyday life has reached its climax.
I wonder how many talented guys ruined simple shyness? How many great works not only saw the light of the fact that the creators chose to do "on the table"?
Austin Kleon is divided 10 ways to help you openly and boldly show the world the fruits of their effort.
Another book by Yana Frank, which will help you to believe in themselves and turn a favorite hobby into business life. In the book of John in detail the problems that hinder create, and explains how to deal with them.
Bonus: to read artists and designers on Layfhakere
- 8 tools that are useful to the web designer
- 11 budget designer tools to create interfaces and layouts
- DeviantART Muro - cool online editor for digital artists
- 6 Free services for creating backgrounds and wallpapers
- Creative person lives in each: 7 exercises that awaken the inner creator
- How to change your world through drawing
- 7 creative secrets of Leonardo da Vinci
- 5 best apps for drawing on the tablet
- Turbodizayn: 8 Tips designers for productive work
What do you think, what books should be in the library of an artist and designer?